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Books

Penguin to publish 1st novel by Jhumpa Lahiri in nearly a decade

VeenaFebruary 7, 2021February 7, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 7, 2021February 7, 202103647

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Penguin Random House India announced on Friday the forthcoming publication of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author Jhumpa Lahiri’s marvelous new

InVogue

Sabyasachi takes a big bite out of the Big Apple

VeenaFebruary 6, 2021February 6, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 6, 2021February 6, 2021015746

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANSlife) 2021 may have started on a very anxious note for most people in fashion, but for designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee it

NRI News

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty faces child labor complaint in India

VeenaFebruary 6, 2021February 6, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 6, 2021February 6, 202102929

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) After a news report by IANS highlighted the issue of Rihanna’s beauty company, a complaint has been lodged with the National

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Biden cancels Trump’s nomination of Vijay Shanker as judge

VeenaFebruary 5, 2021February 5, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 5, 2021February 5, 202102313

New York, Feb 5 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has canceled the nomination of Vijay Shanker to be a judge of the District of Columbia Court

City News

Gwinnett County opens vaccination center in former Sears store at Gwinnett Place Mall

VeenaFebruary 5, 2021February 5, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 5, 2021February 5, 202103311

Lawrenceville, GA., Feb. 5, 2020: Gwinnett County Government and the Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale County Health Departments worked together to convert the bottom floor of

Perspective

The audacity of Joe Biden

VeenaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 202102873

BY NEIL GHOSH* In her victory speech on November 7, 2020, then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke of Joe Biden’s audacity in selecting a woman —

Perspective

Moving beyond Paris, India steps up its climate ambitions

VeenaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 202103281

File photo of then US Ambassador Shringla addressing Georgia state legislators. Photo courtesy: Ravi R. Ponangi BY HARSH V. SHRINGLA* Five years after the Paris

NRI News

NYC’s Indian-American Health Commissioner tests Covid positive

VeenaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 202102358

New York, Feb 4 (IANS) Dave Chokshi, the Indian-American Health Commissioner of New York City, said that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and

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Justice Department drops discrimination suit against Yale

VeenaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 202102415

Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) The US Justice Department has dropped a lawsuit that accused Yale University to have illegally discriminated against Asian-American and white students during

Books

Tillism: New blog connects literature with culture, language, and memory

VeenaFebruary 3, 2021February 3, 2021

by VeenaFebruary 3, 2021February 3, 202103998

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE A monumental year, 2020 transformed lives, thoughts and so much more. While the unprecedented pandemic succeeded in restricting people’s physical movements, it